Crowd Valley has been invited to advise the European Commission on a regulatory policy and a framework for stimulating growth in the small- to medium-sized enterprise sector (SMEs). Markus from the Crowd Valley team will appear before the European Commission on Monday in Brussels to share his views on the need for a uniform market in Europe and how to improve conditions for SME-led innovation, growth and resourcing. In many important respects, particularly with regard to securities regulation in relation to crowdfunding, Europe remains highly fragmented. Even with our experience, it remains extremely difficult to navigate the various regulatory regimes in Europe; we suspect that, for an SME, doing so might be nearly impossible. Unification of the crowdfunding market across Europe could create one of the world’s largest markets and help leverage the power of the Internet to move capital and create jobs. See more: http://www.crowdvalley.com/2013/06/03/european-crowdfunding-market-growth-and-obstacles/

1. European Commission: Growth of Crowdfunding in Europe
Markus Lampinen / June 3, 2013
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5. • It is important to get different funding models to work together
o Transparent models, fair agreements and opportunities.
o ‘Market value’ and market dynamics.
o Continuity for future funding rounds.
• Different models suitable for different endeavors
o Non-securities models.
o Equity financing.
o Debt models.
• Co-operation with traditional investor market, VC, PE and funds
– Early stage increasingly difficult. The crowd can bring information.
– There can be several co-investment models; passive or active.
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6. • Increasing demand to access the right ventures
– Impact investments, cross border transactions.
• Crowdfunding is inherently cross border
– Transparency and distribution via effective, online models.
– An efficient framework is needed to ensure efficient and suitable
models to interact in the EU as a single market.
• The impact on growth and job creation with crowdfunding could
be phenomenal, if a unified European framework is created.
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